Trump Praises LDS Welfare Program While Visiting with Church Leaders

"You're helping people," President Trump praised as he toured Welfare Square on Monday.

“I know so many people that are in your Church,” Trump told LDS Church leaders. “The job you’ve done is beyond anything you could think of—180 countries, taking care of people . . . and the respect that you have all over the world.”

As part of his visit to Utah, Trump toured the Church's welfare hub, pushing a shopping cart down the aisle of the bishop's storehouse and experiencing firsthand the work the Church accomplishes with its welfare program.

His visit also included a meeting with President Henry B. Eyring, President Russell M. Nelson, Presiding Bishop Gerald Causse, General Relief Society President Jean B. Bingham, and Utah Senator Orrin Hatch. During the meeting, Trump praised President Nelson's work as a heart surgeon, saying he was a “great heart surgeon; one of the best in the world” but “he decided to help even more people" by becoming a religious leader, and President Eyring presented Trump with a Christus statue.